My friend from Austin, my wife and I will all be attempting to re-watch the entire series in the week leading up to the premier. Soon, it will be time to break the plastic on those Blu-Rays! For now, I'll just continue to try and pretend the show doesn't exist. It's the only way to get through life.

From what I understand, this was a compromise between the creators and AMC. The creators want to end the story this season, because come on, we're at that point, and AMC wants to milk the show for all it's worth, because money. So they settled on one season split in two halves, or two mini-seasons, however you want to look at it.

If I had to choose between the show ending the way it should, but with a longer wait to get there, and the show spinning its wheels, but with more episodes, I'd choose the former, no question.

For those who really can't wait, here's a 2 minute clip from the premiere. As expected, not really much of anything is revealed (that second trailer teases way more in less time), but it's a nice little taste of seeing everyone back on screen before the real thing.